Enrollment Trends at CDU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 10 years is 183 where 230 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2017 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 230 students in 2025 and was lowest at 159 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 159 to 230 students, a net gain of 71 (44.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Catholic International University since 2016.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	159	89	44	45	70	33	37
2017-18	187 28	89	41 -3	48 3	98 28	59 26	39 2
2018-19	203 16	84 -5	43 2	41 -7	119 21	67 8	52 13
2019-20	175 -28	78 -6	43	35 -6	97 -22	48 -19	49 -3
2020-21	180 5	77 -1	34 -9	43 8	103 6	55 7	48 -1
2021-22	173 -7	82 5	43 9	39 -4	91 -12	50 -5	41 -7
2022-23	168 -5	75 -7	38 -5	37 -2	93 2	55 5	38 -3
2023-24	171 3	99 24	44 6	55 18	72 -21	45 -10	27 -11
2024-25	230 59	125 26	53 9	72 17	105 33	59 14	46 19
Average	183	89	43	46	94	52	42

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 10 years is 89 where 125 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Catholic International University since 2016.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	89	10	7	3	79	37	42
2017-18	89	14	5	9	75	36	39
2018-19	84	8	2	6	76	41	35
2019-20	78	13	9	4	65	34	31
2020-21	77	14	6	8	63	28	35
2021-22	82	8	4	4	74	39	35
2022-23	75	15	8	7	60	30	30
2023-24	99	29	13	16	70	31	39
2024-25	125	43	19	24	82	34	48
Average	89	89	8	9	89	34	37

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 10 years is 94 where 105 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Catholic International University since 2016.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	70	4	3	1	66	30	36
2017-18	98	10	5	5	88	54	34
2018-19	119	3	3	0	116	64	52
2019-20	97	2	2	0	95	46	49
2020-21	103	5	1	4	98	54	44
2021-22	91	7	3	4	84	47	37
2022-23	93	27	16	11	66	39	27
2023-24	72	24	18	6	48	27	21
2024-25	105	52	31	21	53	28	25
Average	94	94	9	6	94	43	36

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.70%. The percentage was 58.49% 10 years ago and CDU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.74% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 26.09% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 58.49% to 58.70%. Asian enrollment declined from 5.66% to 2.61%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.14% to 1.74%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.66% to 26.09%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5863 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6503 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Catholic International University over the past 10 years (2016-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2016-17	0	9	5	9	0	93	2
2017-18	0	7	5	6	1	121	0
2018-19	0	10	6	28	0	118	0
2019-20	0	7	2	15	0	115	1
2020-21	0	6	5	26	0	123	0
2021-22	1	8	5	24	0	123	4
2022-23	0	8	5	26	0	117	3
2023-24	0	6	3	48	0	102	4
2024-25	0	6	4	60	0	135	3
Average	0	7	4	27	0	116	2